On Thurston Avenue north of University Avenue/Forest Home Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Fall Creek has long attracted entrepreneurs, whether for industrial, recreational or educational purposes. Over the years, a succession of dams, mills and powerhouses have been constructed to harness the water power of its various falls. . . . — — Map (db m104699) HM
Near East Buttermilk Falls Road, 0.1 miles east of Elmira Road (New York State Route 96) when traveling east.
For 12,000 years, Buttermilk Creek has splashed down the hill, gradually shaping its lovely glen and waterfalls in the rocks older than dinosaurs.
The water of Buttermilk Falls begins its journey six miles south of here at Jennings . . . — — Map (db m146541) HM
Near East Buttermilk Falls Road, 0.1 miles east of Elmira Road (New York State Route 96) when traveling east.
The layers of rock in the cliffs and the waterfall were once mud, silt and sand on the bottom of a sea that covered much of what is now New York State. Rivers eroded these sediments from the rocks of an ancient Mountain range in eastern New York and . . . — — Map (db m146543) HM
On East Buttermilk Falls Road east of Elmira Road (New York State Route 96), on the right when traveling east.
Between 1933 & 1941 men from
Civilian Conservation Corps
Company 1265 built many of
the facilities at Buttermilk
Falls & R.H. Treman St. Parks.
Town of Ithaca
1996 — — Map (db m118660) HM
On Buffalo Street west of Tioga Street, on the right when traveling west.
This historic district contains many of the City's earliest surviving residential, religious and public buildings. The park - originally known as the "public square" - and its surroundings were depicted in the original Village plan prepared by . . . — — Map (db m104578) HM
On Seneca Street (New York State Route 79) at Tioga Street, on the left when traveling west on Seneca Street.
On this site lived and died
Ezra Cornell
Member of the Assembly-Senator-Philanthropist
Benefactor
of the City of Ithaca-whose citizens
rear this token in grateful appreciation . . . — — Map (db m104701) HM
Near East Buttermilk Falls Road, 0.1 miles east of Elmira Road (New York State Route 96) when traveling east.
Several times over the past two million years, vast Ice Age glaciers plowed south from Canada. The glaciers dug out steep-sided valleys that now hold Cayuga Lake and the other Finger Lakes. Since the most recent glacier melted away12,000 years ago, . . . — — Map (db m146542) HM
On Trumansburg Road (New York State Route 96) north of West Hill Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Built in 1847 as first Congregational Church of West Hill. Was known as Abolition Church for the anti-slavery advocates among its leaders. — — Map (db m225946) HM
On Danby Road (New York State Route 96b), on the right when traveling south.
Nearby was inclined plane that Ithaca & Owego Railroad used between 1828 and 1849 to haul passenger & freight trains up and down So. Hill. — — Map (db m219202) HM
On Coddington Road (County Route 119) south of Troy Road (County Route 123), on the left when traveling south.
Chartered 1828. Completed 1834. Among earliest of New York railroads. Originally horses pulled trains the 29 miles to and from Owego. — — Map (db m220884) HM
On Buffalo Street west of Tioga Street, on the right when traveling west.
founded as the
Ithaca Conservatory of Music
September 19, 1892
Ithaca was our earliest campus,
we were at once scholars and citizens
of this town that embraced us.
Each of us they called by name and
allowed us glimmers of their . . . — — Map (db m104546) HM
From this site the Ithaca Conservatory of Music founded in 1892 and its successor Ithaca College chartered in 1931 operated from 1911 to 1966 — — Map (db m64513) HM
On Buffalo Street west of Tioga Street, on the right when traveling west.
This tablet is erected on the
thirty first anniversary
of the Ithaca Conservatory
of Music in appreciation
of the vision[,] courage and
determination of the
co-laborers
W. Grant Egbert
President
George C. Williams . . . — — Map (db m104576) HM
On Cayuga Street at Seneca Street (New York State Route 79), on the right when traveling north on Cayuga Street.
A failed star with a turbulent, rapidly-rotating atmosphere
Hurricanes much larger than Earth
The Great Red Spot is a hurricane-like storm system that has been continuously active since its discovery by Galileo Galilei over 400 years . . . — — Map (db m104665) HM
On Westhaven Road at Helens Way, on the left when traveling south on Westhaven Road.
N.Y. gave its Revolutionary War Veterans land as compensation for their service. 31 such lots comprised the original town of Ithaca. — — Map (db m243757) HM
On Trumansburg Road (New York State Route 96) at Hillcrest Drive, on the right when traveling north on Trumansburg Road.
Davenports Tavern-Lot 87. Here Abner Treman spent the night on his return, 1793-1794, to his claim, now the Village of Trumansburg — — Map (db m224430) HM
On University Avenue at Willard Way, on the right when traveling east on University Avenue.
The land before you was once home to the extended family of Robert H. Treman, creator of parks and protector of green spaces throughout Tompkins County. The woodland that grew up here was inhabited for decades by diverse wildlife and more than 50 . . . — — Map (db m104695) HM
On Renwick Place at East Shore Drive, on the right when traveling north on Renwick Place.
From 1900 to 1921 Remington Salt Company operated brine wells & processing plant at this location. Salt was shipped by canal & railroad. — — Map (db m244902) HM
On Cayuga Street north of Buffalo Street, on the left when traveling north.
A magnificent ring system
Saturn is a gas giant composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. It has the lowest density of any planet in our Solar System, with about two-thirds being water.
Saturn's rings are made of countless individually . . . — — Map (db m242340)
Near Taughannock Boulevard (New York State Route 89) north of Garrett Road, on the left when traveling north.
Cayuga Preventorium est. 1914 at Esty Point for children exposed to tuberculosis. Moved here 1939, closed 1944. Became Nature Center 1975. — — Map (db m224472) HM
On Burns Road, 0.3 miles south of Burns Way, on the left when traveling south.
Iroquois name for Six Mile Creek. Derived from distance to Cascadilla Creek from place where warriors path to Owego forded Six Mile Creek. — — Map (db m220252) HM
On Enfield Falls Road (New York State Route 327) at Gray Road, on the left when traveling west on Enfield Falls Road.
In 1847 Isaac Teeter bought 112 acres of military lot 78. His descendants continue to farm this & other portions of lot 78 & adjacent lot 77. — — Map (db m224460) HM
Sent out by First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca in 1834 in response to search of Nez Perce Indians for White Man's Book from Heaven was under leadership of Rev. Samuel Parker. With him went Samuel Allis of Ithaca and Rev. John Dunbar of Auburn . . . — — Map (db m104639) HM
On Seneca Street (New York State Route 79) at Tioga Street, on the right when traveling west on Seneca Street.
In April 1789
on four hundred acres of the
old maize lands of the Iroquois
The Three Pioneers
Jacob Yaple Isaac Dumond Peter Hinepaw
from Kingston NY cast seed and in
September 1789 brought their families
twenty souls built . . . — — Map (db m104706) HM
On Tioga Street north of Buffalo Street, on the left when traveling north.
Created April 17, 1817
Named for
Daniel D. Tompkins
Born 1774, Died 1825. Served New York State as Member of Constitutional Convention and Assemby 1801; Judge of Supreme Court 1804-7; Governor 1807-1817; Chancellor of University of State . . . — — Map (db m104634) HM
On Buffalo Street at Cayuga Street, on the left when traveling east on Buffalo Street.
In Memory of Civil War Veterans
Tompkins County, New York
Units from Tompkins County
Infantry Regiments
19th 23rd 32 Co. D 64 Co. E
109th 137th 143 Co. D 179th
Cavalry
15th 21st DeWitt Guard
Artillery
3rd Battery . . . — — Map (db m104587) WM
On Buffalo Street at Cayuga Street, on the left when traveling east on Buffalo Street.
Tompkins County Remembers
John C. Smith, Jr. USS Liberty 1967
Patrick L. Griffin, Jr. Iraq 2003
Christopher D. Bordoni Afghanistan 2012 — — Map (db m104591) WM
On Buffalo Street at Cayuga Street, on the left when traveling east on Buffalo Street.
Hollis J. Adams Robert B. Andrews
Michael J. Barra Charles J. Fedorka
Richard L. Henderson Merle A. Hess
Clarence F. Hile Harrison C. Jacobs
Bruce W. Mack George J. Maguire
Leo W. Maguire Charles R. Niemi
Luigi J. Rapone . . . — — Map (db m104589) WM
On Buffalo Street at Cayuga Street, on the left when traveling east on Buffalo Street.
Domingo I. Aguilar Charles Adams
Charles Boyer Fred Carpenter
Gary Elia David N. Fox
Terrence C. Graves Paul J. Greenwood Jr.
Charles Hamilton Carl E. Janowsky Jr.
Richard A. Miller Donald Penney
Karl F. Perry Charles K. . . . — — Map (db m104592) WM
On Buffalo Street at Cayuga Street, on the left when traveling east on Buffalo Street.
Hanford M. Armstrong Arthur E. Bouton
Rylan E. Brillhart Robert L. Burchfield
Lorenzo D. Burgess William R. Bush
John B. Carey Delmar D. Carpenter
Frank E. Carrington John R. Chadwick
Ira Van O. Clark Michael F. Conway . . . — — Map (db m104585) WM
On Tioga Street north of Seneca Street, on the right when traveling north.
Formed March 15, 1821 from portions of Town of Ulysses. Nathan Herrick 1st Supervisor; Isaac Beers 1st Clerk. Original size 31 sq. miles. — — Map (db m104630) HM
On Bostwick Road (New York State Route 137) west of 5 Mile Drive (New York State Route 13A), on the left.
In the 1700s the Tutelo settled Inlet Valley under protection of the Cayuga Nation. The 1779 Sullivan raid drove them into Canada. — — Map (db m225541) HM
On Cayuga Street at Farm Street, on the left when traveling north on Cayuga Street.
An ice giant, tipped on its side
Uranus has a rocky core, a mantle of water ice, ammonia ice, and methane ice, and a gaseous outer envelope of hydrogen, helium and a bit of methane gas, giving it a blue tint.
Winds on Uranus can reach . . . — — Map (db m104669) HM
On Danby Road (Route 96B), on the left when traveling north.
Danby
Founded 1757
Dedicated to the pioneers
Abner Beers · Uri Clark · Jabez Beers · Isaac Dumond · Dr. Lewis Beers · Benjamin Jennings · Lewis Beardsley · Hudson Jennings · David Clark · Joseph Judson · Hezekiah Clark · John Miller · . . . — — Map (db m242332) HM
On Danby Road (New York State Route 96B) 0.1 miles north of Bald Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Died For Their Country
OF Co. K 167th Infantry.
Ephraim Dunham. Died Nov. 18. 1862 AE 21
Charles F. Stoddard. " Dec. 23. " " 23
Benj. Clark. " Jul. 2. 1863 " 19
Alex B. Hance. " Oct. 29. " " 26
J. Willis Hance of Co. D. " " " " " . . . — — Map (db m242331) WM
On Danby Road (Route 96B), on the left when traveling north.
Part of Iroquoia, later included in 1794 Watkins & Flint Purchase in Tioga County; added to Tompkins County in 1823.
1817 Tompkins County 2017 — — Map (db m242330) HM
